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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/18.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/18.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220&#8217Everyone who does any of these detestable things—such persons must be cut off from their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Whoever commits any of these detestable sins will be cut off from the community of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For everyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit <i>them</i> shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For whoever commits any of these abominations, the persons who commit <i>them</i> shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do <i>so</i> shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do <i>so</i> shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do <i>so</i> shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For whoever commits any of these repulsive acts, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people [excluding them from the atonement made for them].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Any person who does any of these detestable practices is to be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Any person who does any of these detestable practices must be cut off from his people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Whoever does any of these disgusting things must be excluded from the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You know that whoever does any of these disgusting things will no longer be considered one of God's people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Anyone who does any of these detestable things—whoever the person may be—is to be eliminated from contact with his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For whoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for anyone who does [any] of all these abominations—even the persons who are doing [so]—have been cut off from the midst of their people;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for any one who doth any of all these abominations -- even the persons who are doing so, have been cut off from the midst of their people;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For every one which shall do from all of these abominations, and the souls doing were cut off from the midst of their people.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Every soul that shall commit any of these abominations, shall perish from the midst of his people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Every soul who shall commit any of these abominations shall perish from the midst of his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For whoever does any of these abominations shall be cut off from the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For whoever commits any of these abominations shall be cut off from their people.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the persons who commit them shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because everyone who does one of all of these sins, the souls that do will be destroyed from within their people.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/18-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4946" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/18.htm">Unlawful Sexual Relations</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">anyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ya·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">commits</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kōl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">any</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">of these</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: hat·tō·w·‘ê·ḇō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">abominations</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: wə·niḵ·rə·ṯū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">must be cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: han·nə·p̄ā·šō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: hā·‘ō·śōṯ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: miq·qe·reḇ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">from among</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">his people.</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-26.htm">Deuteronomy 27:26</a></span><br />‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Romans 1:26-27</a></span><br />For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. / Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Ephesians 5:5-6</a></span><br />For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. / Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-6</a></span><br />Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a></span><br />But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-15.htm">Revelation 22:15</a></span><br />But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/15-30.htm">Numbers 15:30-31</a></span><br />But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people. / He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Deuteronomy 18:12</a></span><br />For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-22.htm">Deuteronomy 22:22</a></span><br />If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-24.htm">2 Kings 23:24</a></span><br />Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-13.htm">Ezekiel 18:13</a></span><br />He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm">Ezekiel 18:24</a></span><br />But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30</a></span><br />Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For whoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/17-10.htm">Leviticus 17:10</a></b></br> And whatsoever man <i>there be</i> of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6</a></b></br> And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15</a></b></br> Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/18-27.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-26.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/1_john/3-8.htm">Committeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-14.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-26.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-27.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-12.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/exodus/28-3.htm">Persons</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Souls</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm">Committeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-8.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-14.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-2.htm">Persons</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-25.htm">Souls</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/18-1.htm">Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations</b><br>The term "abominations" refers to practices that are detestable and offensive to God, particularly those listed in the preceding verses of <a href="/leviticus/18.htm">Leviticus 18</a>, which include various forms of sexual immorality. These actions are not only personal sins but also have communal implications, as they defile the land and the people. The use of "therefore" connects this command to the previous instructions, emphasizing the seriousness of adhering to God's laws. The concept of abominations is echoed in other parts of Scripture, such as <a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">Deuteronomy 18:9-12</a>, where similar practices are condemned. The severity of these actions is underscored by their potential to lead the entire community away from holiness.<p><b>must be cut off from among his people</b><br>Being "cut off" implies a severe form of punishment, which could mean excommunication, banishment, or even death, depending on the context and the specific transgression. This phrase underscores the importance of maintaining the purity and holiness of the community, as the presence of sin could bring judgment upon the entire nation. The idea of being cut off is also seen in <a href="/genesis/17-14.htm">Genesis 17:14</a> regarding the covenant of circumcision, where failure to comply results in being cut off from the covenant community. This reflects the broader biblical theme of separation from sin and the necessity of holiness among God's people. The ultimate fulfillment of this principle is found in the New Testament, where Jesus Christ provides a way for reconciliation and restoration for those who repent and turn away from their sins.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai, including the laws in Leviticus.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were given the laws to set them apart from other nations and to maintain holiness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land promised to the Israelites, where the practices mentioned in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/18.htm">Leviticus 18</a> were prevalent among the inhabitants.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The divine lawgiver who establishes moral and ceremonial laws for His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where Moses received the laws from God, including the instructions found in Leviticus.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a></b><br>God calls His people to be holy and separate from the sinful practices of the world. This separation is not just physical but also moral and spiritual.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The severe consequence of being "cut off" underscores the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance and obedience to God's laws.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The community of believers has a responsibility to uphold God's standards and address sin within its midst to maintain purity and holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_unchanging_standards.htm">God's Unchanging Standards</a></b><br>While cultural contexts may change, God's standards of holiness remain constant. Believers are called to uphold these standards in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While the law prescribes being "cut off" for certain sins, the New Testament offers hope for repentance and restoration through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_child_sacrifice.htm">What does the Bible say about child sacrifice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_molech_historically_religiously.htm">Who is Molech in historical and religious contexts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_israel_retreat_after_the_sacrifice.htm">Why would a single human sacrifice on a city wall abruptly force Israel's retreat (2 Kings 3:26-27)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_love_reconcile_lev._18_22.htm">Leviticus 18:22 condemns same-sex relations; how can this be reconciled with the New Testament emphasis on love (John 13:34-35)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) F<span class= "bld">or whosoever shall commit.</span>--This clause, according to the interpretation which obtained during the second Temple, particularises every individual, and is intended to indicate that any one, whether it be male or female, who is guilty, will incur the punishment prescribed for these sins.<p><span class= "bld">Shall be cut off.</span>--That is, in case the transgression escapes the ken of the tribunal, God himself will inflict the punishment upon the criminals, since some of the crimes specified in this chapter are, according to Leviticus 20, to be visited with death by the hand of man.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/18-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Therefore</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anyone</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">commits</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכֹּ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of these</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵ֑לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">abominations</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tō·w·‘ê·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">must be cut off</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִכְרְת֛וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niḵ·rə·ṯū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from among</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקֶּ֥רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(miq·qe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nearest part, the center</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his people.</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמָּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/18-29.htm">Leviticus 18:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/18-29.htm">Leviticus 18:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/18-29.htm">Leviticus 18:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/18-29.htm">Leviticus 18:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/18-29.htm">Leviticus 18:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/18-29.htm">Leviticus 18:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/18-29.htm">Leviticus 18:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/18-29.htm">Leviticus 18:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/18-29.htm">Leviticus 18:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/18-29.htm">Leviticus 18:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/18-29.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 18:29 For whoever shall do any of these (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 18:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 18:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>